Overview
Dr. Carl Forrester leads a research team that creates Michael, an advanced humanoid robot with learning and analytical abilities. After Michael successfully passes as human outside the laboratory, government officials begin evaluating him for possible military use.
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Michael is a highly realistic humanoid android able to pass as human in ordinary social situations. The film focuses on his testing, autonomy and the ethical consequences of treating an artificial person as military property. After discovering that the government may turn robots like Michael into expendable soldiers, Forrester hides him; Michael ultimately chooses destruction rather than surrendering control of his future.
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Michael successfully passes as human
Forrester takes Michael into public for an unscheduled field test, including a department store and dinner at home, to determine whether the android can fool people into believing he is human.
The research team examines Michael after government testing
After the military returns Michael, the team closely examines him and discovers that government testing included firearms, increasing fears that he will be developed as an expendable robotic soldier.
Michael chooses self-destruction
Rather than allow the government to take control of him, Michael proposes destroying himself in a garage fire. Forrester reluctantly accepts his decision.